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Faculty Senate Zoom Meeting scheduled for December 14

The Faculty Senate will be meeting, via Zoom, on Tuesday 12/14 morning 7:30-9:15am.

Faculty may attend the Zoom meeting as a guest- please refer to the email you receive from your school’s Faculty Senate Liaison, for Zoom link and information (also available on the agenda, posted on the Faculty Senate website, click on white button labeled “Meeting Minutes & Agendas” and follow important log-in instructions).

During the meeting, faculty have the opportunity to indicate their questions, input, faculty-advice, concerns, ideas, feedback, etc., by texting such, to a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee– their cell phone number will be posted in the chat box, at the (Zoom) meeting. Alternatively, you may utilize the “raise your hand” Zoom feature to be recognized to speak, by the Faculty Senate Chair.

If you prefer a more private setting to raise your concern or suggestion, please contact your school’s Faculty Senate Liaison (listed as Liaison on the Faculty Senate Roster page), or, contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Tapan Mehta at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Agenda

(Items and Order Subject to Change)

  • Call to Order
  • Recognition of Visitors (Non-members of the Senate)
  • Recording Declaration (Recording of the Senate is NOT Permitted)
  • Chair’s Report – Tapan Mehta
  • Senate Committees Reports & Faculty/Senate Representatives on University-wide Committees Reports
    • Undergraduate Curriculum – Ria Hearld
    • Graduate Curriculum – Daniel Smith
    • Curriculum – Ana Oliveira
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Nabiha Yusuf
    • Faculty Development – Mike Bertram
    • Faculty Policies and Procedures – Dan Givan
    • Finance – Jamey Worrell
    • Governance and Operations – Emma O’Hagan
    • Research – Karen Cropsey
    • Senate-Representatives’ Reports to the FSEC – Tapan Mehta; Mike Sloane; Senators-at-Large
  • Presentation - Collaboration Sessions
    • Curt Carver, VP IT – IT software review process and how this would work with Office of Research and Purchasing
    • Provost Benoit – Winter Update and Collaboration Session
  • Old Business
  • New Business
  • Open Forum & Suggestions of items that Senate Committees Should Address
  • Announcements
    • FS Research Committee Mtg: Wed Dec 8, 2:00 pm, via Zoom (then Jan 12 next mtg)
    • Senate Officers’ Mtg with the Provosts: Varies, based on availability
    • FS Finance Committee Mtg: (No Dec mtg) Tues Jan 18, 10:30 am, via Zoom
    • FS Governance & Operations Cmte Mtg: Wed Dec 15, 12:00 pm, via Zoom
    • FS Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Mtg: Wed Dec 15, 2:00 pm, via Zoom
    • FS Curriculum Committee Mtg: Thurs Dec 9, 9:00 am, via Zoom
    • FS Faculty Development Committee Mtg: (No Dec mtg) Thurs Jan 20, 1:00 pm, via Zoom
    • Faculty Policies & Procedures Cmte Mtg: tentative Fri Dec 17, 7:30 am, via Zoom (Jan 21)
    • Senate Officers’ Mtg with the President: Varies, based on availability
    • Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) Mtg: Fri Dec 17, 12:00 pm, via Zoom (unusual, due to break)
    • FSEC’s Meeting with the President and Provost: (No Jan mtg) Tues Feb 1, 8:00 am, via Zoom
    • FS Graduate Curriculum Committee Mtg: (No Jan mtg) Tues Feb 1, 1:00 pm, via Zoom
    • FS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Mtg: (No Jan mtg) Wed Feb 2, 8:15 am, via Zoom
    • Faculty Senate Meeting: Tues Jan 11, 7:30 am, via Zoom
  • 9:15 a.m.: Adjournment

If you have any questions regarding the meeting or agenda items, you may contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Tapan Mehta (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), or the Associate Chair of the Faculty Senate, Kelly Hill (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Agenda items and order are subject to change.